A newly launched course is designed to give participants the skills and confidence to take rare grains from seed into wider production, while gaining a deeper understanding of the politics of grain sovereignty in the UK.

This a special land based programme combining traditional theory with hands on practices, intentionally designed to reconnect you to your ancestral memory and encourage pathways to elemental regeneration.

Our training will offer New Growers from any background the opportunity to gain horticultural skills and participate in all stages of Crop Production. The course offers a broad overview and a comprehensive depth of knowledge and experience.

The Graduate School of the Environment’s MSc in Sustainable Food and Natural Resources explores a variety of issues linked to food system sustainability, focusing on climate mitigation and adaptation in food and natural resources, natural climate solutions, and food and land management systems.

This course has been designed for both those considering a career in market gardening and those have a growing space and want to feed their families. Held over six weekends with one assessment at the end, expect to come away with a design and a business plan for your space, whether real or for the future. Influenced by permaculture and written and delivered by farm with a successful veg box scheme we can’t wait to share what we’ve learned along the way with you.

This is a space where we come together to share progressive land working, food and other productive farming system ideas, techniques, philosophies, learning, entertainment, and solidarity.

UWE Bristol’s MSc Sustainable Food Systems offers postgraduate-level learning at the intersection of agroecology, food justice, and systems thinking. Through hands-on practice, including farm visits, soil labs, and community growing partnerships, and close ties to Bristol’s food movement, students develop the critical and practical tools to drive meaningful food system change. Individual modules are also available as standalone CPD.

The Practical Sustainability Course aims to deliver a holistic and wide-ranging educational experience that teaches effective sustainability practices for meeting needs (food, shelter, energy, comfort, health, connection etc), based in the context of real life parameters; that are also regenerative and joyful.

Join us for our year-long seed production training for growers across the UK and Ireland. Hosted by the Gaia Foundation’s Seed Sovereignty Programme, this course will combine expert teaching with peer-to-peer knowledge exchange to build your skills as a seed grower.